jiähä

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Finnish

Verb

jiähä

  1. Dialectal form of jäädä

Karelian

Verb

jiähä

  1. To stay.

Livvi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jäädäk. Cognates include Finnish jäädä and Estonian jääda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjiæ̯hæ/
  • Hyphenation: jiä‧hä

Verb

jiähä

  1. (intransitive) to stay
  2. (intransitive) to lag behind
  3. (intransitive, + allative) to lag (behind)

References

  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 81